Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-21
MUSICAL ANECDOTES.
A Budget for Readers Who are Fond OF
Good Music and Good Jokes.

Good Music and Good Jokes.
A contralto singer having made an
engagement to sing at concert in
Lowell, Mass, arrived at the City of
Spindles in time for an afternoon re-
hearsal, and found upon reaching the
hall that her accompaniment was to be
supplied by the local band. That time
honored encore piece "Comin' Through
the Rye. was first tried. From the
opening bar it was evident that some
thing was wrong, very wrong indeed,
though the accomplished leader of the
band did not discover it until the verse
was nearly finished. BY that time such
dreadful sounds proceeded from far
off corner of the stage, where a clario-
net-plaYer was seated, that it was plain
who the culprit was. The leader
raped, and said, when silence had
been secured: whats the matter over
there, Mr.. Dodgep" The old fellow
looked up in some surprise, and said,
whats the lady a-singin'P" Comm
Through the Rye" remarked the con-
ductor. "Oh! is that so? Waal, / was
a-playin' Five O'clock in the Morn
in'.'"
The officers at certain United
States navy yard are in the habit of
giving receptions on board the receiv-
ing-ship, and music is furnished by the
band, composed of enlisted men. 1t
sometimes happens that the men are
drafted here and there for duty, and
their places are then supplied by
musicians from the city. 1t happened
once that nearly all the musicians were
absent and the music was furnished by
band who played under the regular
leader at the yard-a man who had
lots of ''go" but very little real knowl-
edge of music. They played for the
promenade on deck an overture Chat
of "Nabucco," / think) in which there
o ccur number of syncopations. The
leader was beating time with great
flourish, and when the accent kept COM
ing, as he thought, on the wrong beat,
he grew excited fourished his cornet
wildly, and counted loudly, SWAN,
two three; Wdn, two three;"
but the men played on steadily,
and at the last he quit beating time, low
cred his cornet and stood with his
hands on his hips till the end was
reached Then, turning about, he sur
veyed them with whitening stare, and
finally broke out, regardless of the
ladies, and in a tone in which scorn
struggled with rage: "Yez can all
go-to the divil!''
The choir of certain orthodox
church in New England once sang Men
delssohns 81 Waited for the Lord, y
giving it with four voices only, as they
had no chorus. The start was a good
one and every thing was going with q
swing and boom, when suddenly the
bass failed to come in on solo passage
when he was positively due The or.
ganist played for a full bar, and ther
turned and hissed: whats the matter
with youP' Then, just as every body
was wondering why the bass was be,
hind time, the singer suddenly found his
voice, and burst out in really stem
torian tones, Il Waited for the
Lord" The people smiled, and after
the piece was finished the organis
sought the singer, and said: "Mr.
A, your excuse was not quite salts
factory"
A friend of mine, a musician and {
wag, was approached after a certain
concert by the indignant father of &
young lady who had on that occasion
made her first formal appearance, anC
who had proved conclusively, by tht
way, that she could not sing in tune
whatever her other merits might be
Say" exclaimed the angry parent
81 just heard fellow in the gallery
say that Lizzie hatted what the dick
ems is he talking aboutP you heard hel
sing, and you know; did she sing flatP'
"Oh, no." replied my friend, gravely
"she didn't sing fiat; the trouble wa
that the piano sharped on her little
those pianos will do it now and then
I've noticed it before. "-Harper'
Magazine.